Monday, November 10, 2008

Egypt's 1st underwater museum?

Wow!

The European Institute for Underwater Archaeology is currently carrying out a feasibility study for the construction of the first underwater museum for Egyptian antiquities on the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria! Now that would be something really unique! Like the underwater restaurant in Israel?

The museum's design is by the French architect Jacques Rougerie. The design was chosen in an UNESCO-supervised international competition held for this specific purpose. The design envisages a museum which shall be partly above sea level and partly submerged.

However, visitors to Egypt will have a long wait for this, cos the feasibility study alone will be completed only next September. Then there would be the funding, the construction etc.

Hmmm, I think I shall come for my return visit to Egypt once the museum is completed!

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Manisha

About Me

I was a banker till 2 years ago! Now I am a traveller, explorer, a wife, and most importantly, a research associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations. The last job is one of the most demanding in the humanities,(any mother care to disagree?) and I often work 14 hours a day,(24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money!